"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •735 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •19 mins | 1,640.80 | +53.00 | +3.34% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 72.45 | -1.07 | -1.46% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 3.071 | -0.033 | -1.05% |
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Ethanol •735 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •735 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 735 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 735 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 77.04 | -0.98 | -1.26% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.044 | -0.168 | -5.23% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 3.551 | -0.107 | -2.92% |
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BANG: Right Down to Support!
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Will a Threatened Euro Affect the Gold Price
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Gold's Inflation Bogey, Part II
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What's a Company's Gold Worth?
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The China Controversy and the Stock Market
I've followed the China musings of several analysts in recent years and have always been perplexed at how there can be so much disparity among what these analysts are proclaiming…
The Precarious State of Our Union
In this week's much anticipated State of the Union address, President Obama again demonstrated his poor understanding of the fundamental problems that confront our nation.
Soaring Base Metals Stockpiles
Copper, the most mainstream of the base metals, paints a beautiful picture of what the inverse relationship between LME stockpiles and prices can look like. Over the first 3 years…
Yen Rallies as Investors Shift Assets from Troubled Euro Zone
The Japanese Yen rose on Thursday as investors shifted assets out of the troubled Euro Zone on renewed budget turmoil in Greece. A spike in the cost to insure Greece's…
Creating A Trillion From Thin Air
The Federal Reserve reported a $45 billion profit for 2009, making it the most profitable financial institution in the nation. Many news outlets put a positive spin on this report,…
Global Default Problems?
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